Car-coupling



(N0 Model.)

S. D'. ANTLE.

c1111 COUPLING.

Patented Mar. 11, 1884.

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ATENT SIDNEY D. ANTLE,.OF SALISBURY, ILLINOIS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 295,092, dated March 11, 1884.

Application filed December15, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatl, SIDZvEY D. ANTLE, of Salisbury, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gar-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my improvement in car-couplers is to render the same more certain in operation in the act of coupling two cars together, and also adapted to couple two cars together certainly where the bumpers are at diiferent elevations above the ground; and my invention therein consists in the apparatus employed, and in the combinations of the various operative parts thereof, all as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

For the better understanding of my improvelnent, reference should be had to the drawings connected herewith, in which- Figure 1 is an elevatioinpartly broken away, of my car-coupling; and Fig. 2,21. top plan view, partly broken away, of the same.

Similar letters denote corresponding parts in each figure.

v A and A are two draw-heads, and B is a link of usual form. The draw-head A has slots a a in opposite sides, near itsfront end, in which a tilting-rod, G, is worked up and down bymeans of side bars, D D, to the lower ends of which the outer ends of the said rod (3 are fastened. The center I) of this rod 0 is arched upwardly, so as to take between the sides of the link 13 and raise its outer end, when the rod 6 is raised, which is done by means of the side bars, D I), which are pivoted near the top of the thaw-bar, as shown at cl. A cross-bar, E, connects the upper end of the side bars, D D, and to this a link, 6, is attached, connecting it with a lever, F, which is pivoted to one end of another crossbar, G. When this lever F is moved back, it draws the crossbar E back and raises the lower ends of the side bars, D D, which in turn raise the tiltingrod 0, which in turn raises the link B just as high as may be required. for coupling with the draw-head of another car. A coupling-pin, H, passes down through the draw-head and holds the link from coming out of it.

In the side of the draw-head A there is pivoted a block,I,working in a proper slot, h. This block is thickest at its center and tapering a little toward its ends. means of a draw-rod, J, passing through an eye on the end of a cross-bar, K, mounted on the rear end of the draw-bar. When the block I is in position directly across the drawhead, its inner end comes directly under the foot of the pin H, which rests upon it, and this is the position for coupling. When the link B enters this draw-head,its strikes the in ner end of the block I and pushes it back out of the way, and the pin then falls through the link. As it has to fall only a short distance, the coupling is efiected with absolute certainty, and the annoying failures to couple are thus avoided. To raise this pin outof the link,where great power is frequently required, and to put it in position, the pin is connected by a link with one end of a lever, L, pivoted upon a standard, M, the other end of which lever is connected by a link, i, to one end of another lever, N, pivoted upon a standard, 0, mounted upon the cross-bar K. By this system of double levers an enormous power is exerted upon the pin, so to withdraw it, even when the. cars are in motion, or to place it in position when required for reconpling. This pin, as shown, passes through a projection, 1), on the top of the draw-head, by which means the head of the pin is raised, so as to be in better. position for the action of the compound levers.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim as new therein is- 1. The draw-head A, provided with the tilting-rod (l, in combination with the link B,sub-

stautially as described.

2. The drawhead A", provided with the block I, and the compound levers L and N, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the draw-head A, with its tilting-rod O, and the drawhead A, with its block I, substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 27th day of November, 1883.

SIDNEY D. ANILE.

Witnesses SAMUEL D. ScHoLns, CHAR-LES P. KANE.

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